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2 giorni fa · At age 21, she became active in marches, sit-ins and demonstrations organized by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, led by the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth.
2 giorni fa · Born in Birmingham on July 9, 1941, Jackson was a teacher who became involved in the movement when she was 21. She was a part of many marches, sit-ins and demonstrations working alongside Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth through the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Through her demonstrations, she was arrested and jailed twice.
4 giorni fa · Dr. King, Rev. Shuttlesworth and other Birmingham ministers had been busy visiting the local giants of commerce—including U.S. Steel, Birmingham’s largest employer at the time—and asking them to integrate. They were turned away. “Segregation was the law of Birmingham,” Michael explained.
2 giorni fa · Not everyone in the black community approved of the agreement—Fred Shuttlesworth was particularly critical, since he was skeptical about the good faith of Birmingham's power structure from his experience in dealing with them.
22 ore fa · We continue our exploration of the theme, “The Nobility Inside” which is such good medicine for a time when fascism is on the rise at home and abroad, because it addresses the foundational issue: self-hatred, according to psychologist Erich Fromm. Here we listen to Meister Eckhart on the subject.
22 ore fa · With Connor gone, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth pushed for integration of the Birmingham Police Department. He and others would also push for a repeal of the checkers law, which banned African Americans from playing any kind of game or sport with white people. In January 1954, the city commission made an unexpected breakthrough.
3 giorni fa · In the course of the negotiations, certain promises were made by the merchants - for example, to remove the stores' humiliating racial signs. On the basis of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations.
